Brief description of the paper

At its meeting on 15 February 2008, Academic Standards Committee received the Report of the Reviews of Departmental Programmes of Teaching Learning and Assessment of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences held on Monday 12 November 2007. Following consideration by the Committee, the recommendations were forwarded for action to the relevant staff. The attached report summarises the responses and confirms the progress to date.

The report has been considered by the Convener of the Review Panel, who is satisfied that the Panel’s recommendations have been, as far as possible, given full and appropriate consideration. The Convener of the Review Panel would congratulate the Department on the progress made thus far, however, it was noted that, in relation to a number of recommendations, progress is still ongoing. In view of this, the Convener of the Review Panel recommends that an update response on the recommendations noted below be requested after a period of 9 months.

Action Requested

Academic Standards Committee is asked to consider the following:

1) the adequacy of the responses and the progress made;

2) the need for an update report after 9 months, in relation to: Recommendations 2, 3, 6, 8 and 9;

3) the Clerk’s Notes in relation to: Recommendations 3, 5 and 11

Recommended Person/s responsible for taking action(s) forward

Head of Department

Resource implications

No direct resource implications have been identified, although the outcome of various recommendations could identify resource issues

Timescale for Implementation

Review of progress in 9 months time – the first meeting of Academic Standards Committee in session 2009-10.

Equality implications

None identified